Well, guys, probably a prescription was a poor example, as I just use the e-prescribe function in Version 5, and the workflow usually does not involve me. e-prescribing works well for me, and I was using it for 3 years before going to AC. Yes, Bert, the staff checks and assigns the faxes and takes care of what it can. That just happened to be the simplest example of a form that I had handy in the Fax in-box at the time and I grabbed it as a generic example. So, I tried a form that DOES involve me, and the MA can't handle on her own, a semi-unique checksheet from the state involving disability. Again, 3+ minutes to do electronically (not counting various computer glitches like the screen freezing, etc.), 30 seconds tops to do if a printed sheet is handed to me. Again, my point is physician time, not considering that office time may or may not have been saved because a chart was not pulled and filed. Do you guys try to do EVERYTHING electronically as you imply? Is it not really more efficient to just have the staff print the form, sign it, then let them import it later? Might it not be that attempting to be pure is something that looks a lot better than it spends and I should put my efforts elsewhere?
